Water test

Jayson Ledbetter · Feb 4, 2017

heres where I'm at on my water, 26 hours after adding the Live Rock

Ammonia. .50
Nitrite 5.0
Nitrate. 20

saltyfilmfolks · Feb 4, 2017

Yea, you have a long way to go. I would either test again tomorrow, OR add a good bacteria now and not worry about it for a week and test again. Id be ready for a large water change next weekend.

Do you have a Po4 test?

Brew12 · Feb 4, 2017

Jayson Ledbetter said:
heres where I'm at on my water, 26 hours after adding the Live Rock

Ammonia. .50
Nitrite 5.0
Nitrate. 20

Wow. That is a lot of nitrite! Did you do anything to cure the live rock prior to adding it? It looks like it is loaded with dying matter.

jsker · Feb 4, 2017

Like @saltyfilmfolks stated, you have a long way to go. Myself I would not even test for another two weeks.

saltyfilmfolks · Feb 4, 2017

Brew12 said:
Wow. That is a lot of nitrite! Did you do anything to cure the live rock prior to adding it? It looks like it is loaded with dying matter.

jsker said:
Like @saltyfilmfolks stated, you have a long way to go. Myself I would not even test for another two weeks.

I believe it was just pulled from another system. IMO, its what lurks in and under most sandbeds.

jsker · Feb 4, 2017

saltyfilmfolks said:
I believe it was just pulled from another system. IMO, its what lurks in and under most sandbeds.

ahhh, I would still let it ride for the two weeks

saltyfilmfolks · Feb 4, 2017

jsker said:
ahhh, I would still let it ride for the two weeks

Oh yea...

Jayson Ledbetter · Feb 4, 2017

Yeah I'm in no way rushing it, I will keep an eye on the water cycle, but I'm in no hurry , hopefully I can get a cleanup crew going in the next three weeks

fishkeeper2 · Feb 4, 2017

Add a 3" live sand bed, if you would like to make it easier to control nitrates. There is a great study on the effects of live sand on nitrates on advancedaquarist .com.

A LFS once recommended Dr. Tims One and Only Live Nitrifying Bacteria to me while setting up a tank. It works wonders. The toxins will drop at an incredible rate and the bacteria will cultivate in your tank to keep them low.

I also like to recommend Red Sea NO3PO4-X to eliminate nitrates and phosphates.

Jayson Ledbetter · Feb 6, 2017

Nitrites are a little lower today and nitrates have risen a little , ammonia down to zero, couldn't find any Dr. Tims locally, so I used a bottle of Bio Spira, a few minutes ago, I'll test tomorrow and see if that helped any.

fishkeeper2 · Feb 7, 2017

You're missing out. Order it online

Brew12 · Feb 7, 2017

fishkeeper2 said:
You're missing out. Order it online

Dr Tim developed Biospira prior to creating his own. They are both fine products.

Jayson Ledbetter · Feb 12, 2017

Ammonia has been at 0 for over a week , nitrites have lowered to .50 and nitrates have remained fairly steady , came down just a bit, so I'm getting there, slowly but surly